Sink or swim or trial and error may be acceptable strategies in some situations, but they are hardly applicable when considering a much needed radical transformation in culture of health and wellness. Instead what we need to adopt is what many other fields have clearly relied upon for going from good to great; Coaching!

Somehow coaching has been conspicuously missing from a field that is high stakes, high stress and also high yield. Physicians, and clinicians for that matter, are left to figure out everything all on their own once they finish their clinical training.

In this episode, Dr. Elizabeth Brill, MD MBA, a highly successful clinician, a Physician Executive and a certified coach shares her own experience with coaching, the integral role it plays in a physician or clinician's professional and personal life.

Takeaways in This Episode

• Dr. Brill's journey as a physician, an Physician Executive and as a coach
• The benefits coaching offers in healthcare and for the healthcare professionals
• The different types of coaching in healthcare
• Qualities that make one ideally suited for coaching and the kinds of situations which particularly benefit from coaching.
• The difference between mentorship and coaching
• Can or should mentorship and coaching combined and what the effects would be.
• Why coaching seems to be restricted at the executive and the "C suite" level in healthcare
• Elements of the physician/executive coaching, what it entails, and what the sessions look like
• Qualities to look for in a coach look for in a coach

Links

Elizabeth Brill, MD, MBA, FACOG

Hudson Institute of Coaching

FREE Clinicians' Pain Evaluation Toolkit

Proactive Pain Solutions

Women's Empowerment and Leadership Initiative

About the Guest

Elizabeth Brill, MD, MBA

Elizabeth Brill MD, MBA, FACOG serves as the Chief Medical Officer, at the Office of Community Care and Senior Advisor to the Acting Assistant Undersecretary for Health for Community Care at the United States Dept. of Veterans Affairs.

An Obstetrician and Gynecologist by training, Dr. Brill has not only been a highly successful clinician, she has successfully held many executive and administrative roles serving as the Vice President of Surgical Services, the Chief of Staff at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center and the COO at Ohio Health.

She is also a Certified Coach through the Hudson Institute of Coaching, has been coaching physicians both through a national initiative, Women's Empowerment and Leadership Initiative, and also coaches physicians and executives independently.

With decades of experience as a clinician and having served in many administrative and executive roles, she understands the landscape and the unique needs of physicians at all levels.